Bicknor Oast Cottage, Bicknor Lane, Bicknor, Sittingbourne, ME9 8AX
About Bicknor Oast Cottage
Bicknor Oast Cottage is a detached house in Bicknor, Sittingbourne, Sittingbourne (ME9 8AX). It has a recorded floor area of 133 m² (around 1432 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in April 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.
At 133 m² the property is well over the postcode median (96 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2012.
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Valuation
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Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Planning history
- Dec 2012ConditionsIn report
S73 application to remove conditions 2,3,6,7 and 8 of planning permission MA/02/0854 (erection of one 2 bedroom dwelling and change of use of agricultural land to extend garden area) and to grant planning permission for the dwelling as erected and completed without formal discharge of details of materials, landscaping, fencing/walling, disposal of sewage and remediation of contamination in accordance with drawings DHA/9427/01, DHA/9427/02, Geo-Environmental Reported dated April 2005 and Closure Report dated 17 October 2011 and Environment Agency Consent to Discharge dated 3 October 2006 all received on 23/10/12.
- Documents
- 16 docs on file
- Reference
- 12/1912
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Bicknor Oast Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£610,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 1 sales in ME9 8AX: £301,000 (2007–2007).
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Bicknor Lane homes
Bicknor Oast Cottage outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
60 (D)
Street avg 58 (D)
Floor Area
133 m²
Street avg 105 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.2 t/year
Street avg 4.6 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
2.6 km
Pond — bus stop.
Closest school
2.5 km
Bredgar Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB